2018 Hyundai Accent

To combat a wave of vehicle theft, Hyundai and Kia have developed a software fix and will even be sponsoring mobile clinics to install the software in five U.S. cities.

The software upgrade attempts to make older Hyundai vehicles more resilient to theft by modifying their vehicle control modules to not only activate the factory alarm when locking the doors, but also a special “ignition kill” feature that prevents thieves from starting the vehicle.

Hyundai and Kia are issuing separate recalls for damaged trunk latches that together affect more than 601,000 vehicles from the 2016-20 model years.

Hyundai says its overhauled 2018 Accent, on sale this fall, is essentially the 
 same as the redesign it recently introduced in Canada.

These seven vehicles all missed our Car Seat Check Honor Roll by a few 
 letter grades. The good news? There's plenty of room to improve.

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 weekend? Check out our link guide here.

The redesigned 2018 Kia Rio and Hyundai Accent subcompacts boost their 
 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crashworthiness ratings over the 
 last generation.

Affordable subcompact cars are seldom a class consumers want to shop, but if budget or size constraints land you there, the redesigned Hyundai Accent is a prudent, if unexciting, choice.

For 2018, Hyundai updated its smallest car, the Accent, with more standard 
 features. But for our Car Seat Check, its size posed a challenge.